Patience

Lord, Grant me Patience, but please hurry!

Good Morning Lord

You are ushering in another day untouched and freely new. So here I come to ask you, God, if you’ll renew me too? Forgive the many errors that I made yesterday, and let me try again, dear God, to walk closer in the way. But, Father, I am well aware I can’t make it on my own. So take my hand and hold it tight, for I can’t walk alone.

-Franciscan Mission Associates Mount Vernon, New York

Guardian Angel Prayer

Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
To whom God’s love
commits me here,
Ever this day,
be at my side,
To light and guard,
Rule and guide.
Amen.

St. Ignatus of Loyala

O Christ Jesus,
when all is darkness
and we feel our weakness and helplessness,
give us the sense of Your presence,
Your love, and Your strength.
Help us to have perfect trust
in Your protecting love
and strengthening power,
so that nothing may frighten or worry us,
for, living close to You,
we shall see Your hand,
Your purpose, Your will through all things.

-St. Ignatius of Loyola

Welcoming Prayer

Welcome, welcome, welcome.
I welcome everything that comes to me today
because I know it’s for my healing.
I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons,
situations, and conditions.
I let go of my desire for power and control.
I let go of my desire for affection, esteem,
approval and pleasure.
I let go of my desire for survival and security.
I let go of my desire to change any situation,
condition, person or myself.
I open to the love and presence of God and
God’s action within. Amen.

-Father Thomas Keating, OCSO

Prayer For our Nation

God our Father, Giver of life, we
entrust the United States of America
to Your loving care.

You are the rock on which
this nation was founded.
You alone are the true source
of our cherished rights to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Reclaim this land for your glory
and dwell among Your people.

Send Your Spirit to touch the hearts
of our nation’s leaders. Open their
minds to the great worth of human life
and the responsibilities that
accompany human freedom. Remind
Your people that true happiness is
rooted in seeking
and doing Your will.

Through the intercession
of Mary Immaculate, Patroness of our
land, grant us the courage to reject
the “culture of death.” Lead us into a
new millennium of life. We ask this trough
Christ Our Lord.

Amen

The Little Flower

May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content knowing you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing,
Dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.

God Created Me

God has created me
to do him some definite service;
He has committed some work to me
which He has not committed to another.
I have my mission –
I may never know it in this life,
but I shall be told of it in the next.
I am a link in a chain,
a bond of connection between persons.
He has not created me for naught,
I shall do good, I shall do his work.
I shall be an angel of peace,
a preacher of truth in my own place
while not intending it – if I do but keep
His Commandments.
Therefore, I will trust Him.
Whatever, wherever I am,
I can never be thrown away.
If I am in sickness,
my sickness may serve Him;
in perplexity,
my perplexity may serve Him;
if I am in sorrow,
my sorrow may serve Him.
He does nothing in vain.
He knows what He is about.
He may take away my friends.
He may throw me among strangers.
He may make me feel desolate,
make my spirits sink,
hide my future from me –
still He knows what He is about.
– A Meditation by Cardinal Newman

The Hail Mary

Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.
Amen.